Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A composer or singer of songs and melodies: sometimes opposed to harmonizer.
  • noun A collection of songs, melodies, tunes, etc.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A composer or singer of melodies.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A performer or composer of melodies

Etymologies

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melody +‎ -ist

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Examples

  • He's a little fed up with people asking how a drummer can be such a skilled melodist: "I'm approaching melody as a human being, not as a percussionist."

    The Percussionist as Melodist 2010

  • Young was a master melodist who had composed some of the most luscious songs of the era “Love Letters,” “Stella by Starlight,” “My Foolish Heart”.

    Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

  • His enviable gifts as a melodist are evident throughout and finely straddle the line between the decorous and the deeply felt.

    Terence Blanchard: Free Will And 'Choices' 2009

  • And in doing this latest record, I was forced into becoming a melodist by my producer because he kept saying what you're doing is really interesting.

    Kaki King Dreams of Melody, 'Revenge' 2008

  • Corgan is a skillful melodist in everything from pseudocountry to metal, but he'll repeat a catchy phrase to death, as if congratulating himself for thinking of it.

    Under The Grunge 2008

  • In a way, it has been Puccini's misfortune to be remembered primarily as a melodist.

    Puccini Was Not Just a Melodist 2008

  • But Steiner was a far better melodist; his tunes like the themes from Now, Voyager or A Summer Place just have a distinctiveness that Newman's themes don't.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Jaime J. Weinman 2007

  • But Steiner was a far better melodist; his tunes like the themes from Now, Voyager or A Summer Place just have a distinctiveness that Newman's themes don't.

    Power-Ful Jaime J. Weinman 2007

  • Mr. LANSING: He is normally a very good melodist and normally really writes a good tune, but that song is meandering.

    Holiday Songs You Love... and Loathe 2006

  • A terrific musician, but a real dud as a melodist.

    Archive 2006-01-01 Jaime J. Weinman 2006

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